The suspects accused of attacking a tourist couple in Brazil on a minivan bus
wanted to have a "party of evil" using their bank cards, police
claimed, as a third man was arrested.

Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos, 21, who is reportedly known as "Baby", was arrested on Monday night after the assault in Rio de Janeiro in the early hours of Saturday.

Two others - Jonathan Foudakis de Souza, 20, and Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva, 22 – were arrested by police on Saturday, hours after the couple was released from a six-hour ordeal.

The pair, believed to be students, were allegedly held by three men who forced the other passengers off a bus after boarding in Copacabana to go to the popular night-life scene in Lapa. The woman was repeatedly violated in the attack that lasted until 6am.

The trio will be transferred reportedly to a prison in the west of Rio after de Souza allegedly admitted sexually assaulting the woman, believed to be an American in her early 20s.

Her boyfriend, who is understood to be French, was handcuffed and beaten with an iron bar while the female victim's bank cards were used to withdraw cash and buy drinks.

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"The group's intention was to satisfy their lust," said Rio's Tourist Police chief Alexandre Braga. "With one of the victim's cards, they bought energy drinks and alcoholic drinks because they possibly wanted to have a 'party of evil'."

Since the attack, six other victims have come forward after allegedly being robbed and assaulted in similar fashion inside a minivan in Copacabana.

"This is a crime that shames Rio but the response of the Civil Police was close to perfect, as the arrests were made quickly along with tending to the victims' health and their psychological needs as well," Mr Braga said, according to Brazilian newspaper O Dia.